Warriors owner Joe Lacob on Friday dropped two newsworthy opinions about Stephen Curry, finally admitting that the team might shut down the point guard for the rest of the season and adding that the Warriors would have traded Monta Ellis or Curry for center Andrew Bogut.

“The question is when will (Curry) be healthy?” Lacob said, correcting the reporter’s question of “Are you considering shutting down Curry.” “We’re going to continue to look at all of the doctors’ reports and get as much information as we can, but no one can really say for sure why this keeps occurring. We need to know, though. We’ll get another opinion if we have to. If it requires shutting him down, then we’ll do it. If it doesn’t, he’ll be back playing in a month. It’s very important that he’s healthy, and we’re not going to risk further injury.”

Lacob said the decision to trade Ellis was especially difficult and then spewed this nugget:

“I’m getting chills talking about (Ellis) right now,” Lacob said. “He’s one of my favorite players in the NBA. Anyone who thinks otherwise is crazy. I feel very strongly about him. It was incredibly difficult to trade him, but he’s the piece it had to be to get Andrew Bogut. We would have traded either (Curry or Ellis) to take the next step for this franchise.”